Incorporate the faculty expertise of one of the most outstanding departments of ophthalmology in the world with selected guest contributors and you have the basis for an outstanding contribution to clinical eye care, The University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Atlas of Ophthalmology. Add supporting diagrams, helpful charts, histopathology, a brief comment of pertinent information from the current literature, with indications and rational for treatment, and you would have a highly valued atlas.
Thus, an atlas that presented clinical information in the format of clinical cases with clear color photographs would be a helpful tool for clinical instruction. What exactly is a deep, placoid yellow lesion? In addition, it is more difficult to recall the detailed description when examining a patient without a clear picture of the clinical entity in your mind. However, studying from a textbook with a narrative description of the clinical findings often leaves the reader wondering what that clinical entity looks like.
One must turn to a textbook for the details of the clinical description or the management of the condition. Traditionally, an atlas is a collection of clinical photographs covering the breadth of clinical syndromes with a brief identification of each condition. Thus, an atlas of clinical eye conditions makes its way into the library of every student, resident, and practitioner. In addition, many of us have also struggled with the burden of clinical slides on board examinations. Clinical eye care is a very visual process and recognizing the pattern of clinical findings is the key to most diagnoses. In these cases, just one good look is often the key to making the correct diagnosis. Yet we have all been faced with a patient who is less than a stellar historian and where the approach of history, history, history is almost useless. The professor emphasized that a well-taken history can lead the thoughtful clinician toward the appropriate diagnosis and exclude many other disorders. ISBN 0-7506-7075-4.ĭuring our professional training, we were all instructed in the art of taking an appropriate history. Parrish, II, ed.Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000. The University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Atlas of Ophthalmology, Richard K.
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